Question

In this novel, a character differentiates her husband from a house servant by respectively referring to them as “My Jim” and “Our Jim.” A character in this novel introduces himself to an assistant in a mismatched suit that he mistakes for a chief. Two characters in this novel briefly attend a party featuring a man who plays records out of a red box. During that gumba-gumba, a shotgun earlier used to hunt two warthogs is stolen (10[1])by Daniel to join rebel fighters. (10[1]-5[1])This novel ends (10[1])with the protagonist running towards a helicopter the day after (10[2])accusing (10[1])her former servant of pretending to be (10[1])a “big man” by keeping the keys to a yellow bakkie truck. For 10 points, the title character helps Bam and Maureen (10[1])Smales escape a violent apartheid-ending uprising in what novel by Nadine Gordimer? ■END■

ANSWER: July’s People
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alexander Tenace (D2)ArkansasNYU B7510
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU AOle Miss8110
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BTexas A81-5
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriColorado College8410
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaTexas C9410
Brynn JonesOregon StateIowa9410
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E9510
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ATexas D10210
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AVassar B12410

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%91.00
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%13%100.14
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y5100%0%40%118.20
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%93.63
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%100.33
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y580%0%0%111.50
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y1070%0%0%104.43